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During a normal work week, what form of
transportation do you use to get to work?
Select all that apply
Car
Bus
Walk
Bike
Other, SPECIFY BELOW
DON’T KNOW
REFUSED
Others mentioned: Taxi and Truck
92.1%
0.8%
3.6%
1.7%
1.2%
0%
0.5%
And if local leaders chose to increase taxes to support
alternative transportation here in Sangamon County
(such as bike paths, buses, and trains). Would you
support an increase in property taxes or an increase in
local sales taxes to support these improvements? Or
would you not support any tax increase?
Increase property taxes
9%
Increase local sales taxes
28.5%
Not support any tax increase
59.6%
DON’T KNOW
REFUSED
2.6%
0.3%
In the past year, when traveling out of town, which of
the following modes of transportation have you used?
Select all that apply
Abraham Lincoln Capital
Airport
Amtrak
An intercity bus like
Greyhound
Or none of the above
DON’T KNOW
REFUSED
21.5%
27.5%
2%
59%
0.5%
0%
Recently local leaders have been discussing the
possibility of creating a citizen advisory board (an
independent board of users and citizen/owners) who
can focus on the challenges facing City, Water, Light,
and Power (CWLP).
Do you support or oppose the creation of a citizen
advisory board for CWLP?
Support
75%
Oppose
13%
DON’T KNOW
11.4%
REFUSED
0.6%
And now we are interested in learning how often, if at
all, you use the Springfield Mass Transit District bus
system. Thinking about a normal month, do you use it
almost every day, once or twice a week, once or twice a
month, less often than once a month, or never?
Almost every day
Once or twice a week
Once or twice a month
Less often than once a month
Never
DON’T KNOW
REFUSED
1.4%
3.6%
3.2%
6.2%
85.1%
0.4%
0.1%